CrossFitter Brooke Wells, With a (Mostly) Healed Elbow, Trains With the Buttery Bros [Video]

The first workout of the 2022 CrossFit Open is scheduled to release on Feb. 24, 2022. One of the many, many, many athletes worldwide who will appear on the leaderboard is elite CrossFitter Brooke Wells, who is back in the gym following Tommy John surgery on her right elbow. Wells’ required reconstructive elbow surgery after an accident occurred during the one-rep-max snatch event (Event 12) during the 2021 CrossFit Games. While making a 190-pound attempt, Wells’ elbow dislocated mid-rep, and she had to withdraw from the competition.

With just over two weeks until the start of the Open, the Buttery Bros — Heber Cannon and Marston Sawyers — shared a video on their YouTube channel featuring a workout they performed with Brooke Wells and her sister, Sydney, at CrossFit Trivium in Brentwood, TN. Prior to the workout, Sawyers asks Brooke Wells a few questions regarding the specifics of her elbow surgery and …